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Table 1 (abstract O32). Incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICER) and benefit-cost ratios (BCR) of health and non-health interventions

From: Proceedings of the Virtual 3rd UK Implementation Science Research Conference

Incremental cost effectiveness ratios of surgical interventions and compared with other public health interventions (cost in USD per DALY or YLL averted)

Surgical Intervention

ICER

Other health intervention

ICER

Male circumcision

$7- $106

Vitamin A supplementation

$6-$12

WHO checklist scale-up

$16 - $74

BCG vaccination

$51 - $220

Cleft lip and palate surgery

$15 - $96

General surgery

$82

Hydrocephalus surgery

$108

Ophthalmic Surgery

$136

Orthopaedic surgery

$381

Anti-retroviral therapy for HIV

$453 - $648

Medical therapy for ischaemic heart disease

$500 - $706

Caesarean Section

$315

Breast-feeding promotion

$930

Oral rehydration solution therapy

$1062

Benefit cost ratios of health and non-health Interventions

Intervention

Benefit-cost ratio

Caesarean section, globally

4

Essential surgical procedures, globally

10

Cleft lip and palate repair, India

14

Investment to retrofit schools in India to better withstand earthquakes, India

0.04 – 5.6

WHO checklist scale-up

17-120

reducing the prevalence of stunting by a package of interventions targeting malnutrition, India

44 – 138